Job hunting...

[eclecticmichi]

I'm currently trying to find a job so that way I won't have to starve when I graduate from Cornell in December.  I'm looking for either a legal assistant position or some kind of administrative assistant position in San Francisco...but does anyone have any advice on career searching and/or how to land a job at Google when you're not a software

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[rebeccael]

If you like tech writing (like newsletters, blurbs, headlines, that sort of stuff, or how-to guides, also), you can get a job just about anywhere, as long as they're hiring. :D

GOOD LUCK!!!!

[little_e_]

I recommend not moving to San Fran unless you have a job that pays over 150k per year or you want to be homeless. It is seriously expensive. (though you probably already know that.)

Google is extremely hard to land a job at. You're probably better off spending your time/money on lottery tickets (I say that jokingly, not as a comment on your skills or anything.)

Job searches are hard, btw. Klarfax had to go on, what, over 50 interviews before he got a job? That was coming out of Harvard Law. It is also very difficult to land a job far away from where you live--it's harder to find the opportunities, employers are less likely to look for people far away, and it's harder to get to the interviews.

I have heard good things about the book 'what color is your parachute'. (so I bought it for klarfax and he never read it. Want it?)

Other than that, just keep applying.

[eclecticmichi]

I don't think you have to possess an income of over 150k a year to live somewhat comfortably in San Francisco. I know people who are making ends meet with less (including my SO and several friends), and who actually have stable, decent lives. It's not impossible, and given that I hope to move in with my current SO, rent will not be as horrible as it could possibly be. It's about the same chances of finding a decent paying job/living place in Manhattan or another giant urban city. As a 20something out there in a rather crappy economy, I'm not expecting life to be all daisies and rosey-smelling farts. It's expensive in San Francisco, but with good budgeting, I think it's doable.

I guess I could give "What color is your parachute?" a try? I think I heard its name tossed around at some point, but have yet to take any book of that caliber and genre seriously enough at this time. But I'm willing to give things a chance, so...who knows?

[little_e_]

think good budgeting means looking at your long-term savings and spendings. New York is THE WORST city in the country to build wealth--the rents are so high you'll never save anything--so saying it's similar to living in Manhattan isn't saying much